"For
My people have committed two evils; they have forsaken Me the fountain of
living water and have hewn themselves out cisterns, broken cisterns that
can hold no water." (Jeremiah 2:8-13)

EVIL
- IS EVIL INHERENT OR LEARNED BEHAVIOR?

Several
years ago, on Canada Day, I was a guest on RADIO CJCA'S Ron Collister
Show. For many years I had joined that popular host and his
listeners in lively debates, on interesting and relevant topics.

Our
July 1 program featured the very important subject, 'Is Evil inherent or
it evil a product of environment or learned behaviour?' Is a person
born with the propensity to do evil or is evil a learned behaviour?

IS
GOOD OR EVIL WINNING IN OUR WORLD TODAY?

Ron
Collister asked each caller the same question he asked me: "Which of
these - GOOD or EVIL - is winning in our world today"?

Most
of the callers seemed to think that the scourge of evil was dominating our
society and winning big. The callers felt that evil was ruling this
world.

INCREASE
OF EVIL IS SIGN OF LAST DAYS

My
answer mirrored the words of Jesus when he referred to the increase of
evil as a sign of the last days: "Because iniquity shall abound, the
love of many shall wax cold." (Matthew 24:12) "As it
was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the Son on
man...Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot...even thus shall it be
when the Son of man is revealed." (Luke 17:26-30)

HOW
EVIL WERE CONDITIONS ON EARTH, BEFORE GOD SENT THE FLOOD AND WIPED OUT
SODOM & GOMORRAH WITH FIRE & BRIMSTONE?

The
conditions on earth were very evil, very corrupt, perverted and violent in
the days of Sodom & Gomorrah - much like the world is today.
Here is the Bible record of the EVIL that existed during those 2 time
periods.

"And
God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every
imagination of his heart was only EVIL continually." "And
it repented the Lord that He had made man on the earth, and it grieved Him
in his heart. And the Lord said, I will destroy man...."
(Genesis 6:5-7)

Again,
Moses reports: "The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth
was filled with VIOLENCE." (Genesis 6:11)

DID
GOD DESTROY THE EARTH WITH THE FLOOD DUE TO MUCH EVIL ON THE EARTH?
What about Sodom & Gomorrah? Were the people evil?

The
people of Sodom & Gomorrah was so IMMORAL, EVIL & VIOLENT
that when two angels visited Lot - to evacuate him and his family before
the destruction began - they demanded that Lot bring out the two strangers
so they might sodomize them.

"But
before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom,
compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every
quarter.

And
they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came into
thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know (have sex)
them." (Genesis 19:4-5)

When
Lot refused, the large crowd of homosexuals tried to break down his door,
TO COMMIT GANG RAPE! They told Lot to get out of the way, warning
him: "Now we will deal worse with thee than with them." (Genesis
19:4:9)

THE
HOMOSEXUALS IN SODOM WERE VIOLENT, EVIL & BRUTAL

Please
NOTE:....the homosexuals in Sodom were violent, evil and brutal.
They threatened Lot with violence and punishment if he refused to turn
over these two young strangers to satisfy their abnormal, EVIL and
perverted lust.

The
angels forcibly rescued Lot and smote the attackers with blindness, in
order to prevent them from tearing down the door.

OUR
WORLD IS NOW AS EVIL AS THE DAYS OF THE FLOOD AND SODOM & GOMORRAH

Wow!
That is strong, and hits very close to home. When you consider what
is presently happening in many unhealthy, suicide plagued, AIDS infested
and fear charged homosexual communities around the world. The
violence and evil is all over this earth, this world, and we are in days
as EVIL as the time of Sodom & Gomorrah.

St.
Paul warns that Evil will escalate as we near the last days, the end of
this age: "This know also, that in the last days PERILOUS TIMES SHALL
COME. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous,
boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful,
unholy,"

"Without
natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce,
despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of
pleasures more than lovers of God."

Again,
he admonished: "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits,
and DOCTRINES OF DEVILS;"

"Speaking
lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron."
(1 Timothy 4:1-2)

When
you consider the recent evil, brutal and horror filled deaths of eight
foreigners in Uganda's National Park by Rwandan rebels, it is not hard to
believe that they were very unconscionable.

A
study of the horrible raping and killing of dozens of young women by
pornography sadist Ted Bundy, and the serial killings of dozens of young
homosexual men - whom he first sodomized - by pervert killer John Wayne
Gacy proves that consciences can become seared.

The
killing of little children by their mothers like Jones of Alabama, and
recently the three small children killed by their mother, as well as the
killing of parents by children like the Menendez case when the 2 Menendez
brothers brutally murdered their mom and dad for their wealth is ample
evidence of the evil that reigns in the heart of lost and depraved
humanity.

No
wonder the prophet declared: "The heart is deceitful above all things
and desperately wicked: Who can know it?"

IN
THE END, RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL TRIUMPH BECAUSE JESUS SHALL RETURN AS KING OF
KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS

I
answered Ron Collister: "Yes, it appears that evil is gaining ground
and at present, may have the ascendancy but in the end, RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL
TRIUMPH. One day, Jesus Christ will return and put away EVIL for
good."

I
interjected that there is however, some good news, a great revival of
righteousness is presently occurring in our world.

Since
the break up of the Soviet Union, a revival of Christianity is sweeping
Eastern Europe. Recent estimates put the figure at 6,000 conversions
to Jesus Christ every day.

Although
gangsters, evil and crime is rampant in those countries, yet a mighty
statement of righteousness and goodness is being made through the
successful endeavors of God's people.

I
might add, that in our recent crusade (1992) in Truskavets, Ukraine - a
health resort city which boasts many sanitariums and draws people from
across Eastern Europe - Mikhael Gorbachev's sister - Galina Sergiovana -
answered a salvation altar call to confess Jesus Christ as her Saviour.

Evangelical
Christianity is so strong in South Korea, the Church is growing faster
than the population in that former Buddhist stronghold! And in 1986,
Newsweek carried a story titled, 'LATIN AMERICA: TRADITIONALLY ROMAN
CATHOLIC RED IS TURNING PROTESTANT BLACK'.

The
large feature article reported that the gospel of Christ as preached by
Evangelical Christians were gaining converts at 400 per hour. That's 9,600
every 24 hours! The 'red' spoke of the scarlet colors used by Roman
Catholic prelates and the 'black' referred to the Bible carried to church
by Protestants.

CHRISTIANS
TORTURED DYING FOR THEIR FAITH

Believers
in Jesus Christ are being tortured in a number of Muslim dominated
countries, and forced to convert to paganism under threat of death and
starvation! A classic case is Sudan, where fanatical Muslims have since
1989 murdered more than a million black Christians in an unparalleled
"religious cleansing".

They
are being given the ultimatum, "Convert to Islam, or die". From
numerous authenticated reports, we understand that this present genocide
is much greater than that of the demonized Muslim strongman, Idi Amin, who
terrorized Uganda in the not too distant past.

And
who is presently being granted protection by Saudi Arabia. Several years
ago, 'Newsweek' carried a report by one of their journalists who had proof
that the Muslims of the north were selling black animist & Christian
women as slaves for $15 US. Recently, Rev. Cal Bombay, long time TV
broadcaster with 100 Huntley Street together with a TV camera crew
traveled to Sudan, met the Muslims and documented the purchase of 319
black Christian & animist women and girls, into freedom.

After
his initial success, Bombay undertook a second dangerous and costly
journey to purchase the freedom of hundreds more slaves from their Muslim
captors! The 'Canadian Press' quotes Bombay: "I want the
world to know what a rotten thing is happening in the south of Sudan, by a
rogue government that is fundamentally violent and trying to force people
to become Islamic".

INHUMANE
EVIL TREATMENT OF CHRISTIANS IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES HAS INCREASED

The
inhumane, EVIL treatment of Christians in Muslim dominated lands today,
has to go down in history as comparable to Adolf Hitler's holocaust of 6
million Jews, Joseph Stalin's murder of 7 million Ukrainians by starvation
in 1933 and Mao tse Tung's genocide of between 40 to 80 million Chinese.

According
to Dr. David Barrett, an Anglican minister & statistician - who has
been tracking this phenomenon for more than a decade - an estimated
330,000 Christians are martyred every year, somewhere in the world - for
their faith in Jesus Christ! That is what I call real EVIL.

Oral
Roberts said a number of years ago: "I don't know how we're doing it,
but somehow we are winning." And Billy Graham stated, "I have
read the last chapter in the book and it says: 'We win'!"

The
Webster Dictionary meaning of inherent: And his definition of
'inherent' is: "forming an essential or intrinsic element of;
existing inseparably within an object or person".

Is
the human race cursed with two strikes against it at birth? Could there be
a genetic defect in those who rise to infamy such as Attila the Hun, Adolf
Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Saddam Hussein, Jeffry Dahmer or John Gacy?

Or
has this evil come to us because of the fall of our first parents, Adam
and Eve, as the Bible states?

WHAT
ABOUT ENVIRONMENT: home, church, school, friendships, fraternities?
What part does upbringing, training, nurturing, learning and companionship
play in a person's character?

I
BELIEVE THAT EVIL IS BOTH INHERENT & LEARNED

In
more than 40 years of very active Christian Ministry, I have formulated a
definite opinion that - without doubt - EVIL is both inherent and learned.

The
Bible states, "The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray
as soon as they are born, speaking lies". (Ps alms 58:3) And,
"The scripture hath concluded all under sin". (Galatians 3:22)

You
don't need to teach infants how to lie. We've all seen them do that even
before they can talk. Holding a cookie behind his back, little Billy will
shake his head saying, "No, I didn't raid the cookie jar".

St.
Paul blames Adam for our fallen condition: "Wherefore, as by one man
sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all
men, for that all have sinned". (Romans 5:12)

THE
REMEDY or ANTIDOTE AGAINST EVIL

Then,
he gives us the antidote or remedy against EVIL. "For as by one man's
(Adam) disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One
(Jesus Christ) shall many be made righteous". (Romans 5:19)

Again,
the Bible says, "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of
God; Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus". (Romans 3:23-24)

Here,
we find the dilemma of the human race. We were born with a nature that is
at enmity with God. We are sinners by birth, by nature and unfortunately,
sinners also by choice.

But
God, sending His Son to die for our sins - as our substitute - paid the
ransom price to purchase our salvation. Through His grace, we receive a
new nature and are born again from above.

Here
is the good news, then: "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift
of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord". (Romans 6:23)
In the letter to the Romans, St. Paul agonizes over the fact that.

"For
I know that in me (that is in my flesh), dwelleth no good thing: for to
will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not,
for the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not that I
do."

"O
wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this
death?" THEN HE GIVES US THE KEY: "For the law of the Spirit of
life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death".
(Romans 7:18, 19, 24; 8:2)

Here
are a couple of true sayings: "Birds of a feather flock
together", and "Show me who your friends are and I'll show you
who you are".

It's
a known fact that most child abusers were themselves abused as children.
And the majority of perverts were themselves corrupted by older relatives,
friends or authority figures.

Sad
to say, the fourth case involving molestation of young boys in the
Edmonton area - within the last number of years - was reported among the
Uncles-at-Large membership.

Homosexual
perverts know how to infiltrate places of respectability, influence and
position of authority among the most vulnerable to their advances, namely
teenage boys.

Proof
of this has been documented and reported far too often in the past few
years, about young Canadian hockey players sexually manipulated,
intimidated and perverted by coaches and others working around hockey
arenas.

EVIL
HOMOSEXUAL SEX CRIMES IN THE NHL

Our
hats go off to NHL hockey player Sheldon Kennedy - who fingered well-known
hockey coach, the homosexual predator, who is now serving time in prison
for his EVIL sexual crimes.

It
is no wonder the sodomist community around the world rejoiced in
jubilation when OUR GUTLESS CANADIAN GOVERNMENT, against all decency -
lowered the legal age of homosexual activity to 14, something which the
perverts who have been lusting after young boys have desired for years.

RONALD
REAGAN CALLED FORMER SOVIET UNION an "evil empire"

COMMUNISM
- EVIL OF EVILS! US President Ronald Reagan called the former Soviet
Empire an "evil empire" and he was right! Now we know the
enormity of the crimes of that wicked system, with Eastern Europe bankrupt
economically and the ecology so terribly polluted that it will take
billions of dollars and decades of hard work to bring things back to
normal there.

The
Bible says that God will destroy those who destroy the earth! (Revelation
11:18) The callous attitude of Soviet Communists toward human life and the
ecology has brought God's judgment upon them.

GOD
WARNS US ABOUT PEOPLE "WHO CALL EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL"

God's
Word warns about those who, "call evil good and good evil".
(Isaiah 5:20) Prophet Amos exhorted, "Seek good and hate evil".
(Isaiah 5:14-15) And Moses warned: "Thou shalt not follow a multitude
to do EVIL". (Exodus 23:2)

THE
LORD'S PRAYER: Deliver us from Evil

Jesus
knew that we would be targeted by the "enemies of
righteousness", who seek our destruction. Being in "all points
tempted" like ourselves. He knew that we would be tempted, tried and
buffeted by the flesh, the world and the devil.

He
gave us 'His Model Prayer'; so that we would know how to pray and what to
pray about, in order to receive strength from Almighty God! Our Lord
declared: "Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a
good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring
forth good fruit."

The
tragic killing of two-year-old James Bulger in Liverpool, England a number
of years ago by two ten-year old boys certainly tells us something about
EVIL.

How
the two boys could have conceived in their hearts to trick a little
toddler -- who had walked away from his mother in a shopping mall - into
accompanying them to his death is inconceivable! - Except for one thing ..

THERE
IS A REAL DEVIL and he came only to "STEAL, KILL &
DESTROY", and the devil is to blame! But so are parents who
refuse to serve God themselves, and have no regard for their children's
spiritual upbringing.

And
now, the golden text of the Bible: "For God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life". (John 3:16)

Jesus
said: "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because THEIR DEEDS WERE
EVIL". (John 3:19)

He
invites us all: "Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden
and I will give you rest". (Matthew 11:28)

WE
CAN NEVER BECOME GOOD ENOUGH, IN OUR OWN STRENGTH, TO PLEASE GOD OR BECOME
RIGHTEOUS:

ONLY
THROUGH THE ALL-ATONING DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS FOR US, CAN WE
ATTAIN RIGHTEOUSNESS OR GOODNESS.

The
Bible says, "The blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from
all sin"! (1 John 1:7)

And
St. Paul states: "If any man be in Christ Jesus, he is a new
creature; old things are passed away, behold all things are become
new". (2 Corinthians 5:17)

FOR
BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED

"For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the
gift of God; Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His
workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them." (Ephesians 2:8-10)

"For
unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given...of the increase of His
government and peace there shall be no end....with justice from henceforth
even for ever." (Isaiah 9:6)

God
is eternal and infinite. He does not think with a finite mind as we
do! His thoughts and actions reflect His omnipotence, omniscience,
omnipresence and eternalness.

God's
plans and purposes for this universe and all of us, were formulated in His
mind before He created the foundations of the world.

He
cannot make a mistake, lie or be wrong in His intentions of deeds, for He
is totally righteous, all knowing and all wise.

EVERYTHING
GOD DOES IS FOR ETERNITY

He
knows the future and sees the pitfalls and snares that await our stumbling
feet. And He helps us, protects us from the devil, the world and
ourselves! In these the last days, the last days before Christ returns in
the blessed Rapture, God is protecting his children from evil.

WHY
ARE WE SO IMPORTANT TO GOD?

Firstly,
we were made in His image. Secondly, Jesus personally died for our
sins and finally, through the new birth, we are a part of Him - his body.

The
words, "there shall be no end" and "for ever", show
the eternal purposes of God in the birth of Christ. THE INCARNATION
WAS SERIOUS STUFF.

The
moment, of God the Son - wrapping Himself in human flesh - coming down to
save us, was deliberately and perfectly timed and executed.

"But
when the fullness of time was come, God sent His Son, made of a woman,
made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might
receive the adoption of sons." (Galatians 4:4-5)

This
wasn't an after thought or a fill in. The decision to send King
Messiah to this earth, was communicated to Satan - the adversary -
immediately after Adam and Eve's tragic fall.

"And
I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her
seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shall bruise His heel."
(Genesis 3:15)

Here,
God promises a "virgin born" savior (her seed), Who would
conquer Satan through His substitutionary death. In the process, the
Savior would suffer a minor wound (bruise His heel), and Satan would be
totally defeated (bruise his head).

Although
Jesus suffered more than any man, was wounded and marred for our total
salvation, it was minor because He laid down His life of His own free
will. (John 10:15-18)

Satan
could not take it from Him! And He arose again on the third day,
destroying Satan and his power over us!

"Forasmuch
then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself
likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him
that had the power of death, that is, the devil;" (Hebrews 2:14)

FROM
THE INCARNATION TO THE RESURRECTION, AND THROUGHOUT THE 'GOSPEL AGE', GOD
HAS CONTINUED THE EXECUTION OF HIS ETERNAL WILL, THROUGH HIS CHURCH, THE
CALLED-OUT-ONES.

This
is why it is so important that we live with "eternity in mind".
All our plans and goals should reflect this mind set, in our relationships
to God, the Church - His body - and the world! We need to prepare, in
these last days, for eternity, for Christ's return and to spend eternity
in heaven with God.

Let
us study the Word, pray, witness and give joyfully, to help build His
eternal Kingdom.

Jesus
said, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again." (John
3:3,7)

The
Bible makes it clear that, "He who hath the Son hath everlasting
life: and he who believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath
of God abideth on him." (John 3:36)

That
means that all those who do not personally know Jesus Christ, must receive
Him as Savior and Lord in order to be saved.

IS
THERE A REAL HEAVEN & A REAL HELL

St.
John emphasized: "If we receive the witness of men, the witness
of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which He hath testified
of His Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in
himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he
believeth not the record that God gave His Son. And this is the
record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His
son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of
God, hath not life. These things have I written unto you that
believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have
eternal life, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God."
(I John 5:9-13)

HERE
IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH - All who reject Jesus Christ and refuse to receive
Him as Lord & Savior are calling Almighty God a LIAR, "because he
believeth not the record that God gave of His Son." (I John 5:9-10)

Do
you think for one moment that anyone will escape the judgment of God when
they reject Jesus Christ - His gift to the world - and call Him a liar?

That
is serious stuff, since He is the judge of the entire world! How do
you think an earthly judge would react if someone in his courtroom called
him "a liar"? He would immediately be guilty of 'contempt
of court' of worse.

St.
Paul puts it all in perspective when he says, "For if the word spoken
by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received
a just recompense of reward; How shall we escape, if we neglect so great
salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was
confirmed unto us by them that heard him." (Hebrews 2:2-3)

In
the Apocalypse, St. John warns: "And the DEVIL that deceived
them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the BEAST and the
FALSE PROPHET are, and SHALL BE TORMENTED DAY AND NIGHT FOR EVER AND EVER.
And I saw a great white throne, and Him that sat on it, from Whose face
the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for
them."

"And
I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were
opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the
dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books,
according to their works."

"And
the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up
the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to
their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire.
This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the
book of life was cast into the lake of fire." (Revelation 20:10-15)

HERE
IS THE GOOD NEWS

Jesus
invites, "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I
will give you rest." (Matthew 11:28)

"For
God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John
3:16)

May
the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father and the
fellowship and communion of the Holy Spirit be with us all, both now and
forevermore.

WOULD
YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST
INTO YOUR HEART TODAY?

PRAY
THIS PRAYER NOW TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR HEART

"Dear
Heavenly Father,

I
ask for Thy great mercy and grace. I acknowledge my sinfulness and
confess that I cannot save myself. I believe the GOOD NEWS that
Jesus paid the penalty for m sins, through His vicarious death on the
cross."

"I
believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead according to the Scriptures
and He has the power and authority to forgive my sins and save my soul.
I repent of my sins and am willing to forsake them with the help of the
Holy Spirit."

"I
now renounce the devil and all his works and all his ways and I now
receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, my Master and my God. Come
into my heart and save me now, for Christs' sake. Thank you Lord,
for saving my soul. In Jesus precious' name, I pray."
Amen.

Bible
Scriptures verses on EvilOvercome fear, the
Spirit of fear, how to face fear(King
James Version)

Proverbs
19:23 - (kjv) - The
fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide
satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Proverbs
22:3 - (kjv) - A prudent [man] forseeth the evil, and hideth
himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Matthew
6:13 - (kjv) - And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Romans
12:21 - (kjv) - Be
not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans
13:4 - (kjv)
- For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do
that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for
he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath upon him
that doeth evil.

1
Thessalonians 5:22
- (kjv) - Abstain from all appearances of evil.

Isaiah
5:20 - (kjv)
- Woe unto
them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and
light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Ecclesiastes
8:11 - (kjv) - Because
sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the
heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

James
4:11 - (kjv) -
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of
[his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and
judgeth the law: but in thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the
law, but a judge.

James
1:13 - (kjv) - Let
no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be
tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

Luke
6:35 - (kjv)
- But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing
again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the
Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and [to] the evil.

Matthew
5:39 -
(kjv) - But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall
smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Genesis
6:5 - (kjv) - And
GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that]
every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil
continually,

Joshua
24:15 - (kjv) - And
if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye
will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were]
on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land
ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.